Comments on: Illinois Legislature to Vote on Double-Decker Horse Trailer Ban

By: Outraged Horsewoman

Outraged Horsewoman — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:50:42 +0000

Where I live, there is a 4 day horse auction every fall. As I was walking through one of the barns, I saw a group of skeleton like horses that were already sold. One of these was a one year old Belgian. This horse had a disease that was easily cured with some medical attention. None of the previous owners, though, had given a thought to the disease, and the horse was passed down the line, getting more malnourished and mistreated with every owner. I spoke with the new owner, who got into a “bidding fight” with a pair of killer-buyers. The killer-buyers bought 16 horses, and loaded them onto a semi-trailer already full of horses from other auctions, headed for slaughterhouses in Canada. The one year old Belgian was going to get treatment for his disease, but a semi-trailer? They could have made the poor horses’ last trailer ride a more comfortable one.

By: tiffany

tiffany — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:52:20 +0000

um i am totally against hore slaughter so therfore i am totally against double decker horse trailers so i am agreeing with baning these trailers

By: Molly

Molly — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:25:13 +0000

how is it that people can continue to abuse horses in such a manner? besides the fact that horses are being slaugtered and now the whole experience’s pain has to be magnified with such terrible conditions en route.

By: Layton

Layton — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:04:42 +0000

The picture just breaks my heart along with the stories of what happened to all the horses in the crashes! THEY NEED TO BAN HORSE SLAUGHTER AND DOUBLE DEKKER LIVESTOCK HAULING EVERYWHERE FOR EVER! It’s just wrong!

By: Klaire

Klaire — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:29:29 +0000

That is so sad that those poor horses died in truck crashes. I sure hope this ban gets passed.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:27:08 +0000

Well, I still have to do more research before I state my opinion about the double-decker tailor predicament, but when it comes to horse slaughter: I don’t fully understand it’s impacts right now, but I do understand that since the main slaughterhouses in the US closed, the horse market has gotten ridiculously hard. Slaughter horses used to be a “safety net” when it came to economy of the horse business (so I’ve heard.) I also get quite a bit of feed about this because I’m a part of a breeding ranch. One more thing, isn’t the slaughtering in Canada and Mexico of horses pretty much twice, if not three times, more inhumane than the practices in the US?

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:17:22 +0000

good!! great article!

By: cc

cc — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:13:31 +0000

great article

By: meredith

meredith — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:38:50 +0000

They should outlaw double decker horse trailers. Just like they should outlaw slaughtering of horses.

By: Abby

Abby — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:10:50 +0000

That’s all so true:(